CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN (d. c.1150). The Historie of Cambria, Now Called Wales . London: Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, 1584. The first edition of this important early chronicle of Wales, with an account of Madoc’s legendary voyage to the New World. In the 1580s, Sir Henry Sidney, lord president of Wales, asked the antiquary David Powel to prepare an English edition of Caradoc’s medieval history based on a translation by Humphrey Llwyd. Llwyd had added descriptions from both manuscript and printed sources, including Matthew Paris and Nicholas Trevet as well as oral traditions and his own glosses. “A special interest in this work for the American collector consists in its relation of the most ancient Voyage and Discovery of the West Indies, performed by Madoc, the sonne of Owen Guined, prince of North Wales, anno 1170” (Sabin). Sabin 40914; STC 4606. Quarto (193 x 140mm). Woodcut title border; woodcut illustrations, initials, and ornaments (occasional light soiling). 19th-century dark purple morocco, edges gilt (rubbed). Provenance : Thomas Edward Watson (1851-1921, High Sheriff of Monmouthshire; bookplate).
CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN (d. c.1150). The Historie of Cambria, Now Called Wales . London: Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, 1584. The first edition of this important early chronicle of Wales, with an account of Madoc’s legendary voyage to the New World. In the 1580s, Sir Henry Sidney, lord president of Wales, asked the antiquary David Powel to prepare an English edition of Caradoc’s medieval history based on a translation by Humphrey Llwyd. Llwyd had added descriptions from both manuscript and printed sources, including Matthew Paris and Nicholas Trevet as well as oral traditions and his own glosses. “A special interest in this work for the American collector consists in its relation of the most ancient Voyage and Discovery of the West Indies, performed by Madoc, the sonne of Owen Guined, prince of North Wales, anno 1170” (Sabin). Sabin 40914; STC 4606. Quarto (193 x 140mm). Woodcut title border; woodcut illustrations, initials, and ornaments (occasional light soiling). 19th-century dark purple morocco, edges gilt (rubbed). Provenance : Thomas Edward Watson (1851-1921, High Sheriff of Monmouthshire; bookplate).
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